Sky add two lottery picks(guard & small forward unless they land the #1 pick), Faulkner returns and Coates(assuming) is added. Gone should be Graves, Harris & Epps. Bulgak produced more in her few games than Harris did all season, so possibly she sticks as their 5th post?

Chicago will be a better team with the improvement of their young players Copper and Parker. Chicago has a coach whose job is to develop the players. Well I'm going to see if she is doing her job if those two players come back next season with better skills and better basketball I.Q. than where they are now. Connecticut improved as a team because their players improved their basketball skills.

_________________Do not give what is holy to dogs, and do not throw your pearls before swine, lest they trample them under their feet and turn and tear you to pieces.

If they don't get #1 they should probably trade one of the lottery picks for a PF if possible. Breland won't cut it.

I wonder if you could see them try to package their two picks to trade for the No. 1.

As deep as this draft is, I don't foresee any MVP type players(i.e. Ogwumike, Griner, Moore, Delle Donne, etc.) in this draft. So trading two potentially very good players for one very good player might not be best (DeSheilds & Mitchell for Wilson?).

I suggested Howard, to Atlanta, but they can have Breland if we can have Howard. I'm mixed on Cappie, I wouldn't mind keeping her as a backup and for depth, but it wouldn't be the end of the road if she left either. If I have my way Chicago will get Wilson and Gabbie Williams.

I suggested Howard, to Atlanta, but they can have Breland if we can have Howard. I'm mixed on Cappie, I wouldn't mind keeping her as a backup and for depth, but it wouldn't be the end of the road if she left either. If I have my way Chicago will get Wilson and Gabbie Williams.

THIS, would be my early birthday present if the Sky draft both of those players.

_________________Do not give what is holy to dogs, and do not throw your pearls before swine, lest they trample them under their feet and turn and tear you to pieces.

I think luck turns around for the Sky they win the lottery draft Wilson and draft G. Williams with their other pick. Chicago is a decent team for a non 3 point shooting wing as their guards and Center can both shoot them.

Also, look at our beautiful new home! DePaul installed their courts last night. The arena looks gorgeous. I love that one side of the building is completely glass, with the city sights in the background. Can't help but be excited about this new arena.

_________________"Don't do something until you get it right, do it until you can't do it wrong."
- Geno Auriemma

Not only do the Sky own their own lottery pick in the 2018 draft, they have Atlanta’s after the trade that sent Tamera Young and Imani Boyette to the Dream. To go with the two high picks in what’s expected to be a deep draft, the Sky figure to have Vandersloot back — after she set a league record by averaging 8.1 assists per game — and should see the debut next year of Alaina Coates, the 2017 No. 2 overall pick who didn’t play this season because of an ankle injury.

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“In order for us to get off to a great start next year, we can’t constantly try to reinvent the wheel,” coach Amber Stocks told the media after the Sky’s 85-80 season-ending loss to Seattle. “I’m specifically going to [look for] great players who will play well with Kahleah [Copper], players who will play well with Courtney, players who will play within our system, the same system that has allowed us to set a WNBA record for assists in a single season. We’re not building an All-Star team here. We’re building a championship team, and we need players that will complement the team.”

Not only do the Sky own their own lottery pick in the 2018 draft, they have Atlanta’s after the trade that sent Tamera Young and Imani Boyette to the Dream. To go with the two high picks in what’s expected to be a deep draft, the Sky figure to have Vandersloot back — after she set a league record by averaging 8.1 assists per game — and should see the debut next year of Alaina Coates, the 2017 No. 2 overall pick who didn’t play this season because of an ankle injury.

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“In order for us to get off to a great start next year, we can’t constantly try to reinvent the wheel,” coach Amber Stocks told the media after the Sky’s 85-80 season-ending loss to Seattle. “I’m specifically going to [look for] great players who will play well with Kahleah [Copper], players who will play well with Courtney, players who will play within our system, the same system that has allowed us to set a WNBA record for assists in a single season. We’re not building an All-Star team here. We’re building a championship team, and we need players that will complement the team.”

I wish Chicago all the success they can achieve next year. The Chicago fans deserve a winning season and a championship run.

“In order for us to get off to a great start next year, we can’t constantly try to reinvent the wheel,” coach Amber Stocks told the media after the Sky’s 85-80 season-ending loss to Seattle

Can't think of what she is referring to other than playing Dolson at the 4 and trading two rotation players mid-season. She was forced to play Pondexter at point guard and someone else at the 2 when Vandersloot and Quigley were still in Europe.

Notable that she mentioned Copper and Vandersloot, and not the two players selected for the all-star game. Copper only played 20 minutes or more in 6 games this year. Her average was 14.3 mpg with 10 starts. But she did get 17, 18 and 21 points in the late season games when she got 26, 27 and 30 minutes of playing time.

Former Kentucky star Makayla Epps is going to have a big weekend Dec. 15-16.

First, she’ll graduate from UK on Dec. 15. She's at Kentucky this semester finishing her degree. Rather than go overseas to play after her first WNBA season with Chicago, she opted to stay in Kentucky to finish her degree. Her plan remains to go overseas in January to play until the WNBA season starts again.

On Dec. 16 she will have her high school jersey retired at Marion County. She led the Knights to a 39-0 record and 2013 state high school championship — the first time a team had won the title with a perfect record since 1984. She was named Miss Basketball and Gatorade Player of the Year after averaging 23 points, 5.5 rebounds, 5.5 assists and 4.3 steals per gam. She finished her prep career with over 3,300 points.

Her jersey will be retired during a doubleheader against Campbellsville.

“It’s going to be quite a weekend,” Angie Mattingly, Epps’ mother, said. “We’re really excited about both events that weekend.”

_________________Nnekalonians 1:14 - Thou shalt not accept that which is not earned

After months of rehab and time off the court, Alaina Coates is set to return to competitive basketball ... as soon as she collects her college degree.

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According to Coates, the ankle injury that abruptly curtailed her senior season at USC and kept her from making her professional debut this past summer is healed.

“I’m done with rehabbing,” Coates said. “I’ve been cleared for a couple months now. ... It’s been doing really good. I’ll go out, I’ll play pickup games, get in the gym. It feels like it did before I injured it.”

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On Friday, Coates said she made the decision not to play overseas because of “a complication in regard to when I was going to leave.” Instead, she stayed close to her hometown of Irmo and finished the academic portion of her college career.

“I just decided I was going to finish up, get my degree and then just take the time before when training camp starts and just keep honing my craft and doing what I needed to do in the gym, workouts and all that stuff, so I could be an instant go for the WNBA season.”

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Since then, Coates said she has focused on getting stronger in the gym and completing her degree in sociology, so much so that she hasn’t had time to follow the current South Carolina women’s team all that closely. She said she will graduate on Dec. 18.

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Training camp for the WNBA begins in April, and Coates indicated that between now and then, she will likely be in the public eye a lot more often than she has been.

_________________Nnekalonians 1:14 - Thou shalt not accept that which is not earned

Hmm nothing about chicago...and as we all concluded no overseas for her. She has the opportunity to be the 1st.player ever to be drafted twice!

There were several Chicago references in that article:

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Coates, the former South Carolina women’s basketball great, made her first public remarks in several months Friday, signing autographs and posing for pictures with several dozen fans at a Chick-fil-A while wearing a shirt featuring the team that picked her second overall in the WNBA draft nearly eight months ago, the Chicago Sky.

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“Playing pickup is one thing, but actually being able to go out there with my future teammates and do something now, it’s real exciting,” Coates said. “(Chicago) flew me out to a couple of games, and just sitting there, not being able to play, it was hard, but I’m just really excited to get started.”

Hmm nothing about chicago...and as we all concluded no overseas for her. She has the opportunity to be the 1st.player ever to be drafted twice!

There were several Chicago references in that article:

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Coates, the former South Carolina women’s basketball great, made her first public remarks in several months Friday, signing autographs and posing for pictures with several dozen fans at a Chick-fil-A while wearing a shirt featuring the team that picked her second overall in the WNBA draft nearly eight months ago, the Chicago Sky.

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“Playing pickup is one thing, but actually being able to go out there with my future teammates and do something now, it’s real exciting,” Coates said. “(Chicago) flew me out to a couple of games, and just sitting there, not being able to play, it was hard, but I’m just really excited to get started.”

I wouldn't worry about her not signing...

The people that keep on harping on the fantasy that Coates is going to enter the 2018 draft are stuck on stupid and are waiting for dumb to come.

_________________Do not give what is holy to dogs, and do not throw your pearls before swine, lest they trample them under their feet and turn and tear you to pieces.

Of course we all expected that. But it's more fun to spin out speculative scenarios where she doesn't.

Wont believe until she can show the john hancock on paper . Everyone is being skeptical about every player this offseason especially my Liz so i dont believe this neither .

No one's being skeptical with anyone but the person who has a prior history of teasing about showing. Sorry it hurts your tender sensibilities.

I think alot of people have been skeptical about Alaina since the pedal party ,what are you talking about ?

People here have gone on about Cambage being a no-show for years and during that time the following have been no-shows - Taurasi, Angel, Wright, Parker, McCarville, Fowles, Bone, Shoni as well as a number players who became pregnant. Might just be karma kicking some ass. Wonder who this year's no-shows will be? (Dream already have 1.)

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People here have gone on about Cambage being a no-show for years and during that time the following have been no-shows - Taurasi, Angel, Wright, Parker, McCarville, Fowles, Bone, Shoni as well as a number players who became pregnant. Might just be karma kicking some ass. Wonder who this year's no-shows will be? (Dream already have 1.)

It's not that she did not show up as much as how she teased the team repeatedly that she WOULD show up and then didn't. I don't know why this is so difficult to understand. As for Coates, the only place I have ever heard people doubt she would come to the team this year is right here, where people love to throw out thought exercises. I sat in Chicago and heard Amber Stocks tell the fans that Alaina Coates was a part of that team going forward so I never thought otherwise.

People here have gone on about Cambage being a no-show for years and during that time the following have been no-shows - Taurasi, Angel, Wright, Parker, McCarville, Fowles, Bone, Shoni as well as a number players who became pregnant. Might just be karma kicking some ass. Wonder who this year's no-shows will be? (Dream already have 1.)

It's not that she did not show up as much as how she teased the team repeatedly that she WOULD show up and then didn't. I don't know why this is so difficult to understand. As for Coates, the only place I have ever heard people doubt she would come to the team this year is right here, where people love to throw out thought exercises. I sat in Chicago and heard Amber Stocks tell the fans that Alaina Coates was a part of that team going forward so I never thought otherwise.

And guess who the only people yapping about Cambage not really coming for sure this time ? The people here so whats your point ?

People here have gone on about Cambage being a no-show for years and during that time the following have been no-shows - Taurasi, Angel, Wright, Parker, McCarville, Fowles, Bone, Shoni as well as a number players who became pregnant. Might just be karma kicking some ass. Wonder who this year's no-shows will be? (Dream already have 1.)

It's not that she did not show up as much as how she teased the team repeatedly that she WOULD show up and then didn't. I don't know why this is so difficult to understand. As for Coates, the only place I have ever heard people doubt she would come to the team this year is right here, where people love to throw out thought exercises. I sat in Chicago and heard Amber Stocks tell the fans that Alaina Coates was a part of that team going forward so I never thought otherwise.

And guess who the only people yapping about Cambage not really coming for sure this time ? The people here so whats your point ?

I’m going to disagree here. I’ve heard the talk about her not coming or coming on twitter for quite a while

People here have gone on about Cambage being a no-show for years and during that time the following have been no-shows - Taurasi, Angel, Wright, Parker, McCarville, Fowles, Bone, Shoni as well as a number players who became pregnant. Might just be karma kicking some ass. Wonder who this year's no-shows will be? (Dream already have 1.)

It's not that she did not show up as much as how she teased the team repeatedly that she WOULD show up and then didn't. I don't know why this is so difficult to understand. As for Coates, the only place I have ever heard people doubt she would come to the team this year is right here, where people love to throw out thought exercises. I sat in Chicago and heard Amber Stocks tell the fans that Alaina Coates was a part of that team going forward so I never thought otherwise.

And guess who the only people yapping about Cambage not really coming for sure this time ? The people here so whats your point ?

I’m going to disagree here. I’ve heard the talk about her not coming or coming on twitter for quite a while

But you choose to accept that and then when the player states she will come you still choose to not accept it ? Sounds personal and not on liz's end . Shes coming to play for my team thats all that matters here in dallas , but glad she's bringing attention . Positive & negative , lets see how people feel on opening night !

People here have gone on about Cambage being a no-show for years and during that time the following have been no-shows - Taurasi, Angel, Wright, Parker, McCarville, Fowles, Bone, Shoni as well as a number players who became pregnant. Might just be karma kicking some ass. Wonder who this year's no-shows will be? (Dream already have 1.)

It's not that she did not show up as much as how she teased the team repeatedly that she WOULD show up and then didn't. I don't know why this is so difficult to understand. As for Coates, the only place I have ever heard people doubt she would come to the team this year is right here, where people love to throw out thought exercises. I sat in Chicago and heard Amber Stocks tell the fans that Alaina Coates was a part of that team going forward so I never thought otherwise.

And guess who the only people yapping about Cambage not really coming for sure this time ? The people here so whats your point ?

I’m going to disagree here. I’ve heard the talk about her not coming or coming on twitter for quite a while

But you choose to accept that and then when the player states she will come you still choose to not accept it ? Sounds personal and not on liz's end . Shes coming to play for my team thats all that matters here in dallas , but glad she's bringing attention . Positive & negative , lets see how people feel on opening night !

When did I say I didn’t believe she was coming? I just answered the part that said only people here were talking about it .

I’m going to disagree here. I’ve heard the talk about her not coming or coming on twitter for quite a while

But you choose to accept that and then when the player states she will come you still choose to not accept it ? Sounds personal and not on liz's end . Shes coming to play for my team thats all that matters here in dallas , but glad she's bringing attention . Positive & negative , lets see how people feel on opening night !

I’m going to disagree here. I’ve heard the talk about her not coming or coming on twitter for quite a while

But you choose to accept that and then when the player states she will come you still choose to not accept it ? Sounds personal and not on liz's end . Shes coming to play for my team thats all that matters here in dallas , but glad she's bringing attention . Positive & negative , lets see how people feel on opening night !

Pretty sure we can all see who's taking it personally.

I was referring to nerd DT sorry and yes im taking it personal because shes apart of our team and our legacy. If we win a title they will say she was the difference in which i know she can be. The excitement is hard to maintain when people are consistently dashing your future hopes. Im a WFFL and i will defend our players 💯

I just love the the discussion of Ms. Big Foot Cambage on the Chicago Sky 2018 thread. This is the poster child for being Missing In Action. This woman has been lost for so long that the great Sherlock Holmes has not been able to find her. We need to send a rescue party to the Bermuda triangle. I believe Cambage heard there was a hot party going on in the Caribbean islands and she took the first flight there!

_________________Do not give what is holy to dogs, and do not throw your pearls before swine, lest they trample them under their feet and turn and tear you to pieces.

I’m going to disagree here. I’ve heard the talk about her not coming or coming on twitter for quite a while

But you choose to accept that and then when the player states she will come you still choose to not accept it ? Sounds personal and not on liz's end . Shes coming to play for my team thats all that matters here in dallas , but glad she's bringing attention . Positive & negative , lets see how people feel on opening night !

Pretty sure we can all see who's taking it personally.

I was referring to nerd DT sorry and yes im taking it personal because shes apart of our team and our legacy. If we win a title they will say she was the difference in which i know she can be. The excitement is hard to maintain when people are consistently dashing your future hopes. Im a WFFL and i will defend our players 💯

You mean like Shades constantly ragging on Curt Miller? Yeah, I know what you're talking about.

I’m going to disagree here. I’ve heard the talk about her not coming or coming on twitter for quite a while

But you choose to accept that and then when the player states she will come you still choose to not accept it ? Sounds personal and not on liz's end . Shes coming to play for my team thats all that matters here in dallas , but glad she's bringing attention . Positive & negative , lets see how people feel on opening night !

Pretty sure we can all see who's taking it personally.

I was referring to nerd DT sorry and yes im taking it personal because shes apart of our team and our legacy. If we win a title they will say she was the difference in which i know she can be. The excitement is hard to maintain when people are consistently dashing your future hopes. Im a WFFL and i will defend our players 💯

Then stop accusing me of some sort of personal vendetta. I am not the first one to point out Cambage's issues but now that she is important to you you want to shut down the conversation. I have actual history to explain my position but we will stop saying it when she shows up.

Making a strong push to retain Pondexter could indicate that they’re leaning more towards using both picks on wings/forwards.

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If Chicago is able to lock Breland up (The Summitt’s No. 5 UFA), I’d take wings with both of those picks. Kahleah Copper is set to return on the wing for the Sky, so using one of those picks on a guard would make sense as well.

The arena, built near McCormick Place and currently home to DePaul’s men’s and women’s basketball teams, will host all 17 home games for the Sky this season as they move from Rosemont’s Allstate Arena.